grey reef shark

noun

A species of requiem shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos.

Meanings

noungrey reef shark (plural grey reef sharks)

plural grey reef sharks · alternative US gray reef shark

  1. UKA species of requiem shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos.

    Grey reef sharks give birth to at least eight pups at a time, each a hungry, 60 centimetre (24 inch) long predator.

    1991, Martha Holmes, Sea Trek, BBC Books, page 132
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